Mechanical movement.



A. P. MALYSEIEFF.

MECHANICAL MOvLMENT.

APPLICATION HLED our. s. 1915.

lzltcnt'vd May 28, 1918.

A. P. MALYSHEFF. MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

APPLICATION FlLED OCT. 5, ISIS, 1,267,886.

Patented May 28, 1918.

A. P. MALYSHEFF.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

APPLICATlON FILED act. 5, I916 1 ,267,886. latentml N21 28, 1918.

3 SHKETS SHEKT 3.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFIOE.

ALEXANDER P. MALYSHEFF, OF TOMSK, RUSSIA.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER P. NIALY- snnrr, a subject of the Em eror of Russia, and a resident of Tomsk, ussia, have invented Mechanical Movements, of which the following is a specification.

One object of my invention is to provide a simple, substantial and relatively efiicient form of mechanical movement whereby the oscillation of one member connected to a reciprocating source of power, is caused to continuously rotate a second member under the action of centrifugal force.

This object and other advantageous ends I secure as hereinafter set forth, reference be' had to the accompanying drawings, in w '01:,

Figure 1 is a plan of two of the elements of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view to some extent diagrammatic illustrating the principle of the invention;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation illustrating to some extent diagrammatically a practical embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of certain of the parts shown in Fig. 3;

Figs. 5 and 6 are a plan and a side elevation respectively illustrating a modified form of the invention;

Fi 7 is a front elevation of a second modi cation of my mechanical movement.

Figs. 8 and 9 are a side elevation and a perspective view respectively of a special device for connecting the reciprocating member with the oscillating element; and

Fi 10 is a side elevation of a machine utilizing the connection shown in Figs. 8 and 9.

In Figs 1 and 2 of the above drawings, 1 represents a supporting frame structure including a pair of upwardly extending standards 2, having bearings 3 for the reception of trunnions 4 projecting from the centers of opposite ends of an open horizontally elongated frame 5 which is thus rotatably supported so as to be capable of turning about an axis passing through the centers of said trunnions.

Within this frame and extending across its central portion in a line at right angles to the center line of the trunnions 4 is a rotary spindle 6 from which a pair of arms 7 extend in opposite directions and respectively carry relatively heavy weights 8.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 5, 1916.

Patented Play 28, 1918.

Serial No. 123,818.

One side of the frame 5, immediately adjacent its middle point has a lug 9 to which is pivoted one end of a rod 10 whose opposite end is similarly connccted to a lug 11 fixed to or forming part of a block or cross head 12, slidable in a straight line within a guideway 13.

With the above described arrangement of parts, if the frame 5 be swung on its trunnions 4 by power applied through the cross head 12 and rod 10, the weights 8 will'tend to move under the action of centrifugal force, from the position shown toward the plane passing through the axis of the spindle 6 and lying at right angles to the line of the trunnions 4. When said weights have moved into this plane, their momentum will cause them to continue their rotation and if after they have turned 90 beyond said plane, the direction of movement of the rod 10 be reversed so that the frame 5 is swung toward its original position, the action of centrifugal force will again tend to continue the rotation of said weights.

If after having turned through an angle of 90 beyond the neutral plane above referred to, the direction of movement of the frame 5 be again reversed, the weights again tend to continue their movement, so that a reciprocating movement of the cross head 12 and rod 10 results in a continuous rotary movement of the weights 8 and of the spindle 6 on which they are mounted.

In utilizing my invention, I may as shown in Fig. 3, connect the cross head 12 to the piston rod 14 of a reciprocating engine whose cylinder is indicated at 15. The frame of my device is then formed as indi cated at 16 and supports or forms part of the field frame 17 of an electric generator. As before the frame has trunnions 4 mounted in bearings carried by standards 18 which project from a base structure 19. The generator frame structure 17 supports a pair of suitably designed bearings 20 in which is rotatably supported a shaft 21 having fixed to its ends arms 22 carrying at their ends the weights 23.

The shaft 21 within the generator structure, has fixed to it a suitable armature (not shown), and as will be understood by those skilled in the art, the current conductors for said generator are led thereto in any desired manner constituting no part of the present invention. The frame 16 has connected to its upper part an upwardly projecting arm 25 to which is pivoted one end of the connecting rod 10 whose. opposite end is pivoted to the cross head 12.

Instead of having the weights overhung as in Fig. 3. the oscillatory frame may be extended as shown at 26 in Fig. 5, so as to inclose them. and the shaft 521 on which are mounted the arms 27 carrying the weights 27, is shown as having fixed to it a pair of armal ures belonging to two current generators 28 and 29. which as in the case of the machine shown in Fig. 3, are carried by the oscillatory frame. The power necessary for swinging this on its trunnions 4: is delivered through a connecting rod pivoted to a bracket 60.

In Fig. 7 I have shown another form of the invention in which the oscillatory ele ment consists of a shaft 30 mounted to oscillate in bearin s 32 supported'by a frame 31 and having xed to it-between said bear ings an arm 33 for attachment to the connecting rod of an engine or other reciprocatory source of power. On the ends of the shaft 30 are fixed substantially semi-annular frame structures 34 carrying the current generators 35 respectively, each of which has an armature shaft 36 to whose opposite ends are secured arms 37 carrying weights 38 at their extremities.

In each of these cases the oscillation of a rotatably supported frame structure causes continuous rotation of the weight-can'yin arms together with the armatures attache thereto. 4

In Figs. 8 to 10 inclusive I have shown my invention as designed to utilize the power of two engines both operative upon a single reciprocating member, and in Figs. 8 and 9, this member is illustrated at 61 as connected to the cross heads 12 each of which is actuated by a suitable reciprocating source of ower. In Fig. 10, I have shown two engines 39 and 43 whose pistons are both operative upon a rod 61" and this, at a point adjacent the engine 39, has connected to it one end of a flexible metal strap 44. whose opposite end is attached to one side of a convexly curved surface at the top of a generator frame 40 next to the engine 43. A second strap 45 similarly connects a portion of the rod 61' adjacent the engine 43 with a second part of the generator frame adjacent the engine 39; the said frame as in the other forms of my invention. being provided with trunnions 46 rotatably supported in standards 47 mounted onor forming part of the frame 42. The generator has an armature shaft 48 extending in a line perpendicular to a plane in cluding the axis of the trunnions 46 and at its opposite ends has fixed to it weight carrying arms 50.

The reciprocation of the rod 61 caused hy theoperation of the engines 39 and 43 will result in the straps 44 and 45 alternately swinging the oscillatory frame 40 with its associated parts in opposite directions, thereby causing the weighted arms 50 to continuously rotate. together with their supporting shaft 48 and the armature carried by the latter. Figs. 8 and 9 show in detail the connection between the simplesb' form of oscillatory element and a reciproeating rod, which is utilized in the machine illustrated in Fig. 10.

It is to be understood that the proportions of the weight masses and of the distances of the centers of gravity of said weights from their axis of rotation, may be Widely varied depending upon the power of the engine and the number of revolutions of the driven member. The form of the weights will likewise depend to a large extent upon the dimensions and design of the generator or other driven member.

While in the foregoing description I have assumed that two opposite power impulses were transmitted to the oscillatory member for each revolution of the rotary or driven element, it is to be understood that if the weights have sufficient inertia one such impulse may be imparted for each two or other number of revolutions. Obviously the position of the weights at the beginning of operation will determine the direction in which the driven member will rotate.

I claim 1. The combination of a reciprocating member; a structure rotatable on an axis at right angles to the line of movement of said member and actuated thereby; with a second structure carried by said first structure and rotatable on an axis transverse to the line of movement of the reciprocatin member and at right angles to the axis 0 rotation of the first structure.

2. The combination of a reciprocating driving member; a rotary driven member; 110 with means including an element rotatable on an axis at right angles to that of said driven member and connected to said first two members, for transmitting power from one of them to the other.

3. The combination of a sup orting structure; an oscillatory member t ereon; a reciprocating element connected to said memher; with a second member supported by the oscillatory member and formed to con- 120 tinuously rotate in one direction in a plane parallel to the axis of said oscillatory memher when the latter is actuated by the recip rocating element.

4. The combination of a supporting struc- 125 ture; an oscillatory member mounted on said structure; a reciprocating element connccted to said member; with a driven member including oppositely placed weights mount d on the oscillatory member in posi- 180 ion to be continuously rotated in a plane PArnllel to the axis of said member when {he latter is actuated.

5. The combination of a reciprocating element; a structure oscillated thereby on An axis at right angles to the line of movement of said element; with a spindle and oppositely disposed weights thereon, e-a.rried by said structure and rotatable on an Axis at right angles to said first axis, who: the structure is oscillated.

6. The combination of a reciprocatory member; a structure oscillated b operation of said member; with a secon member continuously Pointed under the action of 35 member; a structure oscillated by operation 20 of said member; with a second member including a rotary structure .nd weighted arms extending in opposite directions therefi'om i position to b rmfinuously rotated by the ction 0? center} first niernbea is i'ecipioceimdi ALEXANDER P. IiiALYSHEFF. 

